INTRODUCTION
A warm and Blessed day to y'all Steemians.
I'm forever @thebeloved001.
Today I was honored with the opportunity to give a 3 session webinar talk on- The Quality Of The Christian Life and I have decided to share it with y'all.
SESSION ONE
... Everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16)
¶Eternal Life which is ZOE in Greek refers to the GOD LIFE not the 'God kind of life',
It's not a prototype nor sample of the life of God that we have received but the very life God has, definite.
THIS LIFE IS A FUNCTION OF THE SPIRIT and 1cor. 2:12 noted how we have received the Spirit of God and not one of the spirits of God, it is his very self in us therefore we becoming ONE WITH THE FATHER.
¶There is no limit to what this life can do.
The spirit gives Life (jn 6:63), little wonder why Romans 8:11 emphasized on our mortal bodies having LIFE if we have the spirit of God. WE DARE & DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, it's not we in ourselves that do but God at work in us i.e we being ONE WITH THE FATHER.
¶What no eye has seen, ears heard nor minds can imagine that which the Lord has for those who love him has been revealed to us by his spirit that we can now know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
SESSION TWO
A man that knows/understands his place in Christ does not kill but GIVES LIFE.
Talking about the last Adam who was from heaven and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven; for we bear the image & likeness of the heavenly man, Christ Jesus (1cor. 15 from verse 45).
Jesus rebuked his disciples referring them back to the manner of spirit (the quality of life) they have when they asked if they could call down fire like Elijah did on the Samaritans who refused them while heading towards Jerusalem (Luke 9 from verse 51; NKJV).
The resultant effect of the spirit of God resident within us is LIFE.
< Romans 8:11; John 6:63; Romans 8:6; 1cor. 3:6.
¶WE ARE MINISTERS OF LIFE not condemnation not death!!! (1cor. 3 from verse 7, emphasis on verse 10; NKJV).
OUR WORDS ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE!
'your word always being seasoned with salt in grace—to know how it is necessary for you to answer each one'
SESSION THREE
A King is one who has Authority/Influence/Dominion/Rule over a Sphere/Domain.
...we have been called into a KINGDOM as KINGS and priests unto our God.
We operate Priesthood from Kingship & this standard of living Stands Sure.
This is solely the base of what Christ came to do and not just our sins being taken alone, to the end that we stop realizing ourselves from our form i.e being Flesh & Blood (dust we are and to dust we shall return).
I declare to you, brothers, that FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. (1cor. 15:50).
By implication; One who sees himself from his form i.e dust can never have Dominion as intended for man in/from Genesis. The Man God has ever/will ever want to have Dominion is the Man created in his image and likeness (talking about the spirit of the Man) which he deposited in the formed (body, flesh & blood) Man... ••Gen1:26-28 ••Gen2:7
¶Christ received All Power/Authority/Kingdom/Dominion and gave to Man, leaving man with the responsibility of Rulership
¶THE DEVIL/DARKNESS HAS NO KINGDOM. Kingdom is the authority/influence of a King finding expression over a Sphere, and a King is one who has authority/DOMINION, and Dominion is a function of knowing your place in Christ.
Little wonder why "...the kingdom of this world has now become the kingdom of our Lord ..." (Rev. 11:15) because truly the world has no Kingdom.
CONCLUSION
I'm glad and grateful to the host for giving me such an honour, I don't take this for granted...
Thanks
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